Blackstone Eyes Major Debt Deal For Anthropic Chip Access

Blackstone is in early talks with investors to arrange a possible $36bn debt financing package for Anthropic to secure access to Google AI accelerator chips, following a similar recent $35bn deal co-arranged by Blackstone and Apollo Global Management. This complex financing deal supports Anthropic's ability to pay Google substantial amounts over five years for chip and cloud compute access, reflecting growing circular investment structures in AI infrastructure.

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